Foryd railway station

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Coordinates: 53°18′26″N 3°31′44″W / 53.3073°N 3.5289°W / 53.3073; -3.5289
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Foryd
Site of the station in 1993
General information
LocationKinmel Bay, Conwy County Borough
Wales
Coordinates53°18′26″N 3°31′44″W / 53.3073°N 3.5289°W / 53.3073; -3.5289
Grid referenceSH981800
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyVale of Clwyd Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
5 October 1858Opened
20 April 1885Closed
11 May 1885New station opened
2 July 1917Closed
1 July 1919Reopened
5 January 1931Closed
4 June 1938Reopened as Kinmel Bay Halt
10 September 1938Closed
19 June 1939Reopened
2 September 1939Closed[1]
9 October 1948Officially closed

Foryd railway station (later known as Kinmel Bay Halt) was a railway station built to serve Kinmel Bay, then in Flintshire but now in Conwy County Borough, Wales.

History

The original Foryd station was opened on 5 October 1858 and was situated on the

tracks running through the station, two slow and two fast, with the two platforms
located adjacent to the slow tracks.

As was the case with many smaller stations of the time Foryd closed temporarily as a

North Wales Coast Line
still runs through the site.

In 2009 there was much speculation that a new station was to be built in the area.[5] January 2013 saw the North Wales Weekly News announce that £20 million had been earmarked for new stations in the UK and that funds would be applied for from this pot for the scheme.[6] However just a month later the Taith Joint Board, the North Wales transport consortium, pulled out of seeking funding for the project, stating that the "necessary infrastructure improvements have not been carried out".[7]

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Wright, Paul; Price, Bevan. "Foryd (Kinmel Bay Halt)". Disused Stations.
  3. ISBN 978-0-72000-298-0
    .
  4. ^ "Railways". Rhyl History Club.
  5. ^ a b "Towyn on track for station resurrection after 70 years". North Wales Weekly News. 26 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Kinmel Bay and Towyn to get train stations". North Wales Weekly News. 31 January 2013.
  7. ^ "No funding application for train station in Towyn and Kinmel Bay". Rhyl Journal. 21 February 2013.

Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Rhyl
Line and station open 		 
North Wales Coast Line
   Abergele and Pensarn
Line and station open
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